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​Performing Arts Department

​Our Program

Performing Arts Letters & Course Catalog:
(click on title to open letters and course catalog)
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Performing Arts at BHS for rising 9th graders

Performing Arts at BHS for rising 10th to 12th graders

Performing Arts Section of BHS Course Catalog

Program Overview & Vision 

​The Performing Arts Department at Brookline High School is a thriving and lively home for creative expression. We offer courses and extra curricular activities in drama, dance, stagecraft, tech, instrumental music, chorus, and digital music in introductory through advanced levels. Our programs support those who are passionate about a particular performing art, as well introducing students to areas they are not familiar with and may fall in love with through their experience in our classes. Performing Arts gives everyone a voice and teaches communication skills as students learn to work independently and in an ensemble. In addition to learning technique in our different disciplines, students collaborate, problem solve and develop their ability to think critically and creatively - skills that will carry over to all areas of their lives, while having a lot of fun in the process! Students who participate in Performing Arts at BHS develop their artistic technique and vision, and they learn that through working collaboratively, we can create a whole greater than the sum of its individual parts.

Through a variety of courses in Dance, Drama, Stagecraft, Vocal, Instrumental and Digital Music, the Brookline High School's Performing Arts teach self-discipline, reinforce self esteem, develop cooperative learning, encourage curiosity, and foster the creative thinking and problem solving skills that are so necessary for students as they grow and mature.

Performing Arts courses provide students the opportunities to:

Explore and Discover
• Using their imagination and creativity, students develop their self-identity and self-expression. They build self-confidence and learn who they are and who they want to be, while engaging with others doing the same. 

Develop Craftsmanship
• Through practice, focus and problem solving, find new ways to communicate with intent:  present ideas and issues, to teach, to persuade, to enjoy, and to entertain.

Engage in Community
• Develop the attitudes, characteristics, communication, and critical thinking skills required to effectively participate in a complex and ever changing society.

In addition to the daily course work, the Performing Arts Department provides many extracurricular opportunities for students in Drama productions, Music concerts, and Dance presentations. 

Our Classes
​(click class title for class site)

MUSIC​
Concert Choir
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A cappella Choir

Camerata Honor Choir

Concert Band

​Digital Music Production

Music Collective/Jazz Band

Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop, and
Contemporary Music Ensemble


String Orchestra

Concert Orchestra

Advanced Chamber Orchestra
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AP Music Theory

Drumming & World Music

Piano Class


DANCE
Beginning Dance

Intermediate Dance

Advanced Modern/Jazz Dance

Choreography

African, Latin, Hip Hop Dance
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DRAMA
Drama I

Drama II

Theatre of Hip Hop

Backstage: Powertools & Special Effects

BETCo

Needs Improvment

Audition Info
(click on red heading below for more details)

General Info
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Advanced Chamber Orchestra


Camerata and A cappella Choir

Dance (Intermediate and Advanced)

Music Collective

Open Drama Class

Needs Improvment & BETCo

Department Office

Kenny Kozol
K-12 Performing Arts Department Chair​

kenny_kozol@psbma.org
617-713-5228


Sonya Joyner
Secretary

sonya_joyner@psbma.org
617-713-5216


FOPA - Friends of the Performing Arts
BHS Performing Arts Parent Group

Faculty

MUSIC
Mike Driscoll
Choirs, AP Music Theory & Piano Class
michael_driscoll@psbma.org


Carolyn Castellano
Bands & Digital Music Production & Composition
carolyn_castellano@psbma.org


Nina Bishop
Orchestras & Piano Class
nina_bishop@psbma.org


Kenny Kozol
Drumming & World Music

kenny_kozol@psbma.org

DANCE
Britteny Hyslip
britteny_hyslip@psbma.org
Beginning through Advanced Dance, Choreography & African, Latin Hip Hop Dance

Mayra Hernandez [on leave of absence for 2022-2023 school year]
Beginning through Advanced Dance, Choreography & African, Latin Hip Hop Dance

mayra_hernandez@psbma.org
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DRAMA
Mark VanDerzee
Needs Improvment, Brookline Educational Theatre Company (BETCo), Backstage: Powertools & Special Effects & Tech. 

mark_vanderzee@psbma.org

Elena Maimonis
Drama, BHS Musical and 9th Grade Play Director

elena_maimonis@psbma.org

Arika Nabutovsky
Drama, Fall and Spring Play Director

arika_nabutovsky@psbma.org


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